SAINT-ETIENNE. Saint-Étienne finds the way to recover against Grenoble Foot 38 with a goal on the 2′ and a goal on the M. Phaeton 78′. Saint-Étienne was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (67%)​

The match was played at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard stadium in Saint-etienne on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Gaël Angoula with the help of Bertrand Jouannaud and Julien Garrigues. The 4th official was Gaël Gratianne.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Saint-Étienne had a superior ball possession 67% while Grenoble Foot 38 was struggling with a 33% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Saint-Étienne was more aggressive with 110 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 8 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Saint-Étienne to win the match​.

Saint-Étienne shot 19 times, 8 on target, 11 off target. Regarding the opposition, Grenoble Foot 38 shot 3 times, 2 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Saint-Étienne received 2 yellow cards (T. Monconduit and J. Krasso). Talking about the opposition, Grenoble Foot 38 received 2 yellow cards (S. Touray and J. Tell).

Standings

After this match, Saint-Étienne will have 8 points like Nîmes and Niort to sit in the 18th place. On the opposite side, Grenoble Foot 38 will have 13 points like Paris to hold in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 2, Saint-Étienne will play away against Amiens SC on the 22nd of October with a 2-0 head to head statistic in favor of Saint-Étienne (4 draws).

Grenoble Foot 38 will host Laval on the 8th of October with a 2-1 head to head stats in favor of Laval (1 draw).

Saint-Étienne – Formation

Saint-Étienne started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

The manager Laurent Batlles decided to play with the following team: Etienne Green (6.1), Mathieu Cafaro (6.8), Abdoulaye Bakayoko (6.7), Anthony Briançon (7.3), Leo Petrot (6.5), Yvann Maçon (6.4), Benjamin Bouchouari (6.5), Thomas Monconduit (7.6), Dylan Chambost (7.8), Jean-Philippe Krasso (7.2) and Ibrahima Wadji (6.3).

The home team had on the bench: Mickaël Nade, Sergi Palencia (6.4), Ayman Aiki, Gabriel Moisés Antunes da Silva, Matthieu Dreyer, Louis Mouton (6.6) and Victor Lobry (7.1).

Substitutions

Saint-Étienne made 4 changes: B. Bouchouari for V. Lobry (55′), M. Cafaro for S. Palencia (81′), I. Wadji for L. Mouton (81′) and Y. Macon for A. Aiki (90′).

Best player: Dylan Chambost​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Saint-Étienne was Dylan Chambost.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 62 passes (88% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 11. He performed 7 crosses.

Grenoble Foot 38 – Formation

Grenoble Foot 38 started with a 3-1-4-2 line-up (3-1-4-2).

Vincent Hognon played with: Brice Maubleu (7.1), Mamadou Diarra (6.9), Adrien Monfray (7.3), Allan Tchaptchet (6.1), Franck Bambock (6.3), Jordy Gaspar (6.8), Saikou Touray (6.9), Axel Ngando (7.0), Loris Néry (6.6), Jordan Tell (6.9) and Abdoulie Sanyang (5.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Baptiste Isola (6.7), Matthias Phaeton (7.8), Okardi Inikurogha, Pape Meissa Ba (6.6), Abiezer Jeno (6.2), Joris Correa and Esteban Salles.

Substitutions

Grenoble Foot 38 made 5 changes: J. Tell for P. M. Ba (61′), S. Touray for J. A. Jeno (62′), F. Bambock for M. Phaeton (74′), A. Sanyang for J. Correa (83′) and A. Sanyang for J. Correa (83′).

Best player: Matthias Phaeton​

The player that probably impressed the most for Grenoble Foot 38 was Matthias Phaeton.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 4 passes (75% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 1. He performed 2 crosses.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 74′.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Ligue 2.​

• Nîmes – Paris – 0-1
• Saint-Étienne – Grenoble Foot 38 – 2-2
• Caen – Quevilly Rouen – 0-1
• Dijon – Le Havre – 0-0
• Niort – Guingamp – 0-0
• Valenciennes – Sochaux – 2-1
• Rodez – Amiens SC – 0-1
• Annecy – Bastia – 0-2
• Metz – Pau – 1-0